I really can’t express how important equal rights in marriage and life are to me. I am overly delighted to see state issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples, like,  Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and the District of Columbia. I am offering free wedding coverage to the first 5 couples to contact me, that are having a ceremony in those states.

Thanks to So You’re EnGAYed and J&J Photography I am copying/offering a sweet deal for all same sex couples:

“Inequality in Marriage” discount to all same-sex couples getting married, celebrating a commitment ceremony or a civil union, in California. Mention this blog posting to receive a 43% discount, representing the 43 states where same-sex marriages are not yet recognized.

Cakes and Kisses is a proud same-sex friendly vendor and affiliated with the following websites and blogs:

Gay Weddings

Equally Wed

A Vote & A Vow

For Real Equality Weddings

On A Bicycle Built for Two

Ring On Our Fingers

Purple Unions

So You’re EnGAYed

Also you will love this East Coast/West Coast photo shoot featured on Equally Wed.

Lovely little session in Griffith Park.

So looking forward to your wedding at the Castle Green in Pasadena.

In honor of the 800 couples that wed on the first day gay marriage is legal in NY… we will be featuring our favorite gay and lesbian engagements

Congrats you both on your recent engagement…

Sweet Emilia Jane is an incredible wedding professional with amazing clients.
Here is a little blog post she did after our engagement session in down town Los Angeles.

Shout out to Heart Shoppe Photography for her incredible film photography skills.

Add a dashing and handsome groom to be and you have the perfect engagement session.

I really can’t wait to share the rest.

Lovely continuation of the engagement session from Downtown Los Angeles. I wanted to give praise to Fiore Beauty for the fabulous hair and makeup for the bride to be.

This session to me was all about capturing the emotion between the couple; From giggles to snuggles.

A lovely way to enjoy a Sunday  outside the Library

Sweeter than sweet the park from 500 days of Summer.

Walt Disney Concert Hall really isn’t that funny, but after this kissing game, it gets them laughing every time.

So much emotion and fun that day.

In honor of the 800 couples that wed on the first day gay marriage is legal in NY… we will be featuring our favorite gay and lesbian engagements

But back to my soon to be husband… If you have met him, I imagine you were surprised on how quiet and shy he is… or maybe by how sweet and considerate. While he is very sweet and shy, there is so much more to him.
We met in 1996, reconnected in 2006, and got engaged in 2010. I wouldn’t change a thing about how it happened.

Since I am a visual person, I wanted to post photos of us dating, and our engagement… And then in a few days, I will post one or two wedding photos. Wow.

Our first and last family portrait…

This is a photo from my birthday party at Micel’s. We had a great group of my friends, and this was the first birthday we celebrated together.

This was first time I met all of his friends… Little did I know they would become my best-est friends too.

This is a from a wedding that Jeff was in … and his first time in a formal suit. And I got my first spray tan…

Our first trip to Vegas with his friends… It was so fun and incredible. That’s why we had to go back for our bachelor/bachelorette parties.

The sweetest guy in the world… first of many extreme haircuts I would get in our relationship.

Us at his cousin’s wedding

The day he told me he liked me… in 1998

The kind of love that signifies the best parts of life.  The kind that of giggle that wrinkles your nose, and makes you squeal. The kind of warm embrace that you feel from your tippy top to your tippy toes. The kind of comfort that only can be described like a cozy hoodie, and sleeping in on a Sunday.

Yes, that kind of love.

Really so adorable…

Although Raul and Ashley are the coolest people I have ever met, they picked me to photograph their wedding. Really? Me? Super nerd.
Raul is interested in photography, “Werewolves on Wheels”, world soccer and all things Ashley. Ashley swoons at Anthropologie catalogs, had seen almost all Hayao Miyazaki films, walks in her LBC hood, and all things Raul. Perfect match.

Ahhhh right from an Anthropologie ad. Love.

Then things get REALLY cute.

Cuter than cute right?

I promise this is one of my favorite shots. I really love the emotions that comes from just body language. And I know some folks say “But you cut off their heads…” to them I say, you can see real emotion just from the way someone sits close, and intertwines them self within their arms.

The wide angle of what sweet looks like…

With lots of luck and walking around. Some of the best shots just happen.

After our gondola ride, we walked around Newport and this adorable little street with twinkle lights and brick roads.

Swoon

Cuteness explosion :)